6.6.9.1 Read the table. Then fill in: is, 7 are, was, were. Verb Object Subject Present Simple Active Tourists visit the palace every day. Passive The palace is visited by tourists every day. Past Simple Active The Italians built the bridge. The bridge was built Passive by the Italians.
has more than one HUNDRED
years. The horse has long been
occupies a special position
in the human soul. It
noble animal
helps, delights and even
treat people. Not
it is surprising that such
special relationship
between horse and man
begin to emerge even With
childhood and help in this
children's toy.
As it often happens, little men
they are trained during the game. So ,
one of the original applications
of rocking horses in the middle Ages
was associated with horseback riding lessons.
This toy not only entertains, but also teaches
balance, so necessary for riding
drive's. indeed, after all In
The middle ages the horse was a huge
the value of human life.
Middle ages-the era of knights,
beautiful ladies and war horses. And hard
to imagine without riders.
Meanwhile, the history of rocking horses
it began much earlier in the fifth century
in Greece. BY XVI THE XVI! for centuries horses-
rocking found the usual appearance.
However, wide spread
rocking horses received only thanks
English nobles only in the 19th century. In
that time it was for the most part
toy future kings or nobles
noble themselves rocking-horses
were made by masters of carving! on
tree and richly decorated.
The rich history of toys can not
to abound with myths and legends. More
all of them gathered together in his story
(wooden horseshoe Spanish writer
Fernando X. Mm. Dominguez Gonzalez.
So, it is believed that Genghis Khan,
before becoming the conqueror of many
peoples, which feared in the most
remote, known at that time, corners
land, honed its character and its
imagination on the rump of one of the
wooden horse. In the legend
it is said that he never left
its a wooden horse, and even in the most
far cold steppes, she held
a place of honor in his tent.
another famous commander in childhood
could not imagine his existence without this
legendary toy. As legend has it,
Alexander the great, when he was
a child couldn't sleep, not galloping
a few hours on his wooden
horse.
Few people know that one of the legendary
historical Spanish heroes Rodrigo
Diaz de Vivar, known under the name of *Led
- Conqueror, got acquainted with his
the future wife of Jimeno when they were
children. It happened during a visit to
the castle of one of their common relatives.
Both stubborn, with character, began to fight
for the right, who the first will climb on
beautiful wooden horse, which